Teachers as Public Officials in Libel Actions.

Hopkins, W. Wat

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ERIC Number: EJ376218

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Publication Date: 1988

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Teachers as Public Officials in Libel Actions.

Hopkins, W. Wat

West's Education Law Reporter, v47 n2 p353-65 Sep 1 1988

Public officials are required to prove actual malice before they can win damages in libel actions. Reviews the Supreme Court's decisions regarding public persons and teachers and lower courts' conflicting rulings that teachers are public officials and that teachers are not public officials. (MLF)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Legal Responsibility, Public Officials, Public School Teachers, Public Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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